Safe House

Eleven

It was the first day of classes.

I was at Breakfast examining my Timetable, Transfiguration with Ravenclaw was my first class of the day. Adrian wanted me to sit with him so thats where I was, Sat next to Adrian as he introduced me to his mates and they delved into conversation.

But all I could think about was whatever nonsense my friends were going on about, They didn't look too pleased when Adrian led me away from them.

"Hey guys" I said to them as I walked up to the desks, minutes away from being late

"Are you sure your boyfriend wants you sat with us, he might want you to sneak into his class" Draco said

"What? your being ridiculous, we were just sat spending time together, you know, something you do when your in a relationship" I rolled my eyes, taking a seat next to Blaise

"Does that mean your not going to hang with us anymore? too busy with him" Theo narrowed his eyebrows

"If you keep acting like this, I wont. Just drop it" I told them, then sat straight to listen to Professor McGonagall teach.

"They do care about you, you know that right?" Blaise asked me quietly, so only I could hear

"Well they dont need to, I'm fine" I huffed.

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Transfiguration came and went, It was now time for Care of Magical Creatures with Gryffindor.

The four of us made our way down without a word.

Hagrid was talking to the Gryffindors about the things in the cages. Blast-Ended skrewts.

"On'y jus' hatched" I could hear Hagrid say "so yeh'll be able ter raise 'em yerselves! Thought we'd make a bit of a project of it!"

"And why would we want to raise them?" Draco voiced my thoughts, grabbing everyone's attention

I waved to Ron, Harry and Hermione when they looked in our direction.

"I mean, what do they do? what is the point of them?" Draco asked

"Tha's next lesson, Malfoy. Yer jus' feedin' 'em today. Now, yeh'll wan' ter try 'em on a few diff'rent things- I've never had them before-"

"What?! is this safe?" I gasped making Hagrid pause, normally I loved and adored every animal, but Blast-ended Skrets was something I definitely do not want to mess around with.

"jus' be careful?" He told me, now I felt reassured "not sure what they'll go fer -I got ant eggs an' frog livers an' a bit o' grass-snake- just try 'em out with a bit of each."

"I don't think I can do - I'm going to throw up" I told the three, covering my mouth

"I thought you liked creatures and pets" Theo said

"Yeah, but I dont like touching slimy things, or dangerous things"

"Then how come you're dating Pucey?" Draco asked

"Shut up, Malfoy" I rolled my eyes.

"Ouch!" Yelled Dean Thomas "It got me!"

Hagrid sped over, going pale and looking nervous

"Its end exploded!" Dean seethed, lifting his hand that was burned.

I took a huge step back from our cage.

"Ah, yeah, that can happen when they blast off" Said Hagrid causally

"And he thought to only mention that now, nice to know" Theo said